Show OFFENSIVE BEGUN BEGU I IBY f hi W f I BY ALLIED FORGES FORGES' ROMANS COUNTER FIERCELY ON FOE HALTING AT ATALL ATALL ATALL ALL POINTS IN MOUNTAINS Field Marshal Marchal Haig Shifts Attacks to South and Begins Battle in St St. Quentin Region Believed Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans Seeking Verdun London In London In the if tremendous pressure the Italians have held on thin the mountain front between the Brenta and rivers where the are trying to break through to take Diaz's line In the rear Four successive successive successive sive attacks by b the army arm of General which operates on this sector sector sector sec sec- tor were beaten benten of off by b- th the Italians Berlin BerUn was unable to announce any new progress In its Tuesday bulletin The situation continues very ver critical The now have massed of their heavy guns and a n great number number number num num- ber of reserves for the final onslaught Only one great strategic mountain remains to be taken by them before they can pour down Into into- the plain This is Monte lonte Grappa to the tho east of Asiago A height of minor importance Monte Fenera rind and the summit a and ul southern slopes of Monte lonte Tomba are still stubbornly defended b. b by the Ital Ital- ians Shifting his offensive to the south Field Marshal Haig has hns delivered a series series series se se- ries of attacks against the Germans in the region between St. St Quentin and the river Scarp in France territory on which there has hns been little fighting since the spring offensive when notable notable notable nota nota- ble gains from Arras Arms to Peronne were made Details DemUs of or the new offensive are not yet et at nt hand but the British official communication says that the strike had satisfactory results and that a n number of prisoners and a considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able quantity of materials have been gained on the roads leading from Bapaume Bapaume Ba- Ba and Peronne toward the important important tant railroad junction of Cambrai Mysterious hints from Germany of ot ofa ota a larger scale thinning of ot the eastern front coincident with a sharp blow at Verdun and terrific German cannonading on that front has revived ell the theory that the crown prince has not abandoned his ambition to redeem himself by taking the tIle big fortress |